Hardware refers to the physical elements of a computer. This is also sometime called the machinery or the equipment of the computer. Examples of hardware in a computer are the keyboard, the monitor, the mouse and the central processing unit.
The FOID card is issued by the Illinois State Police, who first perform a check of the applicant on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), an electronic database maintained by the FBI.
If an application for a FOID card is denied, or if the Department of State Police fails to act on an application within 30 days of its receipt, or when a FOID card is revoked, the aggrieved party may appeal to the Director of State Police for a hearing, unless the denial or revocation was based on a number of serious offenses including a forcible ...